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Barnesville’s Advanced Manufacturing Labs Works With High-Profile Agencies

BARNESVILLE — Advanced Manufacturing Labs in Barnesville brings cutting-edge technology to the village, making complex products for high-profile organizations, such as the U.S. Army. Advanced Manufacturing Labs, or AMfg, initially focused on washout tooling, which is a technique for ...

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Jay Leep Sees Manufacturing Potential of the Ohio Valley

NEW MARTINSVILLE — As the assistant site manager at Covestro’s New Martinsville location, Jay Leep sees the Ohio Valley as the “next opportunity” for the manufacturing industry due to the raw materials available in the region. Covestro is one of the leading suppliers of high-tech ...

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Humphreys Is Predicting A Resurgence in Manufacturing

BELLAIRE — David Humphreys Jr., President of Lion Industries, said he sees a resurgence of the American manufacturing industry and work in the trades coming over the next several years. Lion Industries in Bellaire is a metalworking and manufacturing family business that started in the ...

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Project BEST Chief Sees Changes in Perception

Lifelong Ohio Valley resident and Executive Director of Project BEST Nathan Butts said he is seeing a change happening in how the trades are perceived. Butts has been in his position at Project BEST, a local construction labor management organization in Wheeling, for just under a year, but ...

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Lacy Drury Sees Ohio Valley as Part of TCL’s Future

NEW MARTINSVILLE — As construction continues to create a Thirumalai Chemicals Limited Specialties plant in New Martinsville, Lacy Drury, an administrative TCL employee, sees the new location as a development opportunity for the Ohio Valley and beyond. TCL is an Indian company that creates ...

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Continued Growth Is Part of the Plan For McKinley Architecture & Engineering

WHEELING — Mapping out an exciting new future for clients is the name of the game for McKinley Architecture & Engineering, and the ability to adapt to changing trends in the industry isn’t just a strategy for success, it’s part of the plan — by design. Sean Doyle, chief operating ...

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TSG Stays on the Cutting Edge of Computer Technology

TRIADELPHIA — When times change, businesses must change with the times in order to stay current — and that fact couldn’t be more true in the tech industry and for companies like TSG. With its beginnings reaching back to 1985, the local company has truly evolved in many different ways ...